[tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question for home owners
- From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 07:04:43 -0700 (PDT)
Buy a boat load of moth balls (yeah, I know...those
poor moths) and distribute them around the atic...
--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> how in the heck do you get a living thing out of
> your attic? most likely a squirrel.
>
> lemme give you some history. We used to have this
> 50' tv/cb/ham radio tower sticking through the roof.
> well the pest guy said that that is where the
> squirrel's are getting in. so we removed the
> antennae patched the hole in the roof on the top
> side and the bottom side. filled all crevasses with
> foam and metal and tar. there is no chance in hell
> the squirrels could be getting in or out of that
> area. i've walked all along the roof, don't see any
> spot where they could be getting in or out. the
> gabel end is in perfect shape with no holes in the
> screen that covers it. i don't know where they are
> getting in at, but they are still getting in 3
> months after removing the antennae. i have bought
> the pest spray that smells horrible that the
> squirrels, mice, cats, dogs, rodents of other sorts
> can't stand and it seemed to work for a month. i've
> also bought a couple of those sonar high pitched
> things that rodents can hear and makes them go away.
> that seemed to work for a month or so...but this
> morning while sitting on the crapper (you get all
> the gory details) i heard what sounded like the
> critter dragging something across the attic floor.
>
> there is poison up there too. the thing won't die or
> go away. i am thinking about buying a live trap but
> that won't stop the next one from getting in. where
> do you think it could get in and what can i do to
> make there temptation of getting in stop?
>
> sorry for the non bus content
>
>
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